Portrait of Walter Raleigh. Born 1552 in Hayes Barton, England. Died 29 October 1618 in London, England. Steel engraving, and Stipple engraving by Thomas Phillibrown (fl. 1834-1860), after Federico Zuccari (1539-1609), c. 1845. Reasonable condition. Paper a bit browned along edges. With some spotting/small staining. Verso: blank. Dimensions: 98 x 75 mm. Walter Raleigh was Explorer, Politician, Poet, Writer, Historian, Soldier, Courtier, English Poet, Spy, Landed Gentleman, English Courtier, Known for popularising tobacco in England, Instrumental in the English colonisation of North America, and Contributed to the legend of "El Dorado".